4. "Because I happened to read Elaine Brown's bios before..." In response to Reply # 0
cats like Stokley Carmichael, Bobby Seales and Huey Newton, I've always had not a whole lot of love for Black Panther wave of the Civil Rights Movement because of the misogyny involved.
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6. "Any more or less misogynist than the previous civil rights wave tho?" In response to Reply # 4
>cats like Stokley Carmichael, Bobby Seales and Huey Newton, >I've always had not a whole lot of love for Black Panther wave >of the Civil Rights Movement because of the misogyny involved. > > >
5. "goddammit i was just tryna toss out this bathwater..." In response to Reply # 0 Mon May-11-15 08:55 AM by philpot
forgot there was a damn baby in it smh
still, probably a more fair stance than "my underage secretaries were sent to me by God so i could spread my divine seed" or "the young girls in my fake egypt belong to me"
________________________________________________________________ whenever you did these things to the least of my brothers you did them to me
15. "Meanwhile 3 Black women started the BLM movement." In response to Reply # 0
and yes, there are Black men out there trying to take credit for it.
To answer your question, it seems like Black men in these movements (as a group) struggle with their own egos and biases to the point where they don't seem to know how to handle having real power in the long-term.
How can you lead/guide/direct anyone if you're already discounting people simply because they don't have penises or because they're gay/lesbian?
The question should be why do Black men try to take/subvert power away from Black women within these movements? What is the thought process there?
16. "Black men have been behaving terribly in the streets" In response to Reply # 15
at rallies and protests. At a recent march in Philly, NOI brothers tried to demand that women stand behind them for "protection." They tried to control the direction of the march, despite never attending organizing/planning meetings. In Baltimore some women comrades were calling out the names of Black women who were murdered by cops, and were told "today is about Freddie Grey" by the men at the rally.
The hate for women, gays, and trans folks is one of the reasons why we can't get free as a people.